Yesterday Josiane from the conference took me to Abbotsford Convent, a 19th century complex that has been turned into art studios and cafes. We started on the second floor at Handsome Steve's House of Refreshment, which was like stepping back into the 1950's, with a tiny bar and simple tables and chairs in a space about the size of a storage closet. …
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Time travel through cafes
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Melbourne Festival of Travel Writing
http://blogs.trb.com/travel/columnists/swick/blog/2008/07/melbourne_festival_of_travel_w.htmlI had been to travel writing conferences, and book festivals, but until this past weekend I had never been to a travel writing festival. It seemed about time that travel writing got its own celebration. And a wonderful celebration it was. …
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Possums in the city
http://blogs.trb.com/travel/columnists/swick/blog/2008/07/possums_in_the_city.htmlI've been told by authoritative sources that I don't need to leave Melbourne to find wildlife. I'm staying in Carlton, about a fifteen minute walk from downtown, and apparently in the park in front of my hotel you can see possums at night. Flynig foxes prefer Lincoln Square, a few blocks away. …
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The Unfriendly Skies
http://www.briankaneonline.com/2008/08/05/the-unfriendly-ski...This has been the year of nickel-and-diming airline passengers to death by charging for in-flight amenities that used to be free. Everything from luggage to snacks to beverages. Anything to keep those CEO compensation packages sky-high, eh fellas? The latest announcement comes from JetBlue, which will start charging $7.00 for a pillow and a blanket. As that story says, the company is trying to put an
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WildChina on the Web - 7/31/08
http://www.wildchina.com/blog/?p=37places on the information super highway, so I thought it would be nice to share some of these links. I realize that these have been out there for awhile - let’s just say they took the slow boat from the US to get to the Beijing office. Here’s a blog post written by Tom Swift
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Festival 1.0
http://hackpacker.blogspot.com/2008/07/festival-10.html, though I had a clash for his excellent session on couchsurfing. I caught his double act with Tony Wilson where the pair shared their collective love for Bill Bryson. A good guest for next year maybe? But don't just take my word for it. Here's what Thomas Swick thought.
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‘The Nice Thing About the Barebones U.S. Airlines …’
http://www.worldhum.com/weblog/item/the_nice_thing_about_the..."… is that they make flying foreign airlines seem luxurious,” writes Tom Swick. Too true. And don’t forget this other nice thing about flying U.S. airlines, which, we’ve noted, is coming to light this week: free, surprise stop at airports not on your itinerary. Good times.
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Charlie Wilson's War and traveling to Australia
http://www.travelwebdir.com/travelblog/2008/07/16/charlie-wi...The nice thing about the barebones US airlines is that they make flying foreign airlines seem luxurious. Stepping off my American Airlines flight at LAX and boarding Qantas was a bit like moving from coach to first class, … More: Charlie Wilson's War and traveling to Australia
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Melbourne Festival of Travel Writing
http://www.writtenroad.com/2008-07/melbourne-festival-of-tra...(and once at Written Road) brought this to our attention. The inaugural Melbourne Festival of Travel Writing will take place on July 19-20 in Melbourne, Australia. The event is hosting several big names including Thomas Swick editor of the South Florida Sun Sentinel (one of the last decent US newspaper travel sections), Tony Wheeler (the founder of Lonely Planet), and a personal favorite of mine, Fiona Dunlop. Numerous talks, lectures, and workshops ($170 - last day of
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Melbourne’s New Festival of Travel Writing
http://lostinplace.net/2008/07/09/melbournes-new-festival-of.... Among the session titles: Gastro-Communication: The Way of the Future; Traveling is a Joke; The Naked Traveler; Recalibrate Your Clock (with Martin Hughes of Slow Travel.) Featured speakers at both conferences include Tom Swick (Travel Editor of South Florida Sun-Sentinel) and Tony Wheeler (Co-founder of Lonely Planet). (I wonder why Thomas Kohnstamm is not among the list of presenters?!) Swick will talk about the “The Travel Writer
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threats lurk everywhere (and other Monday amusements)
http://www.sophiadembling.com/2008/06/threats-lurk-everywher...read B.C. because of it’s religious proselytizing (this word is difficult to spell and equally difficult to look up) but today's is funny. So was today’s Mother Goose and Grimm (that’s June 16, if you’re late to this blog). *** I got a shout out in my friend Tom Swick’s blog today, because a told a sad tale of journalist abuse (in the comments). *** New workout DVD reviews up on Suit Up and Show Up. Checkitout, OK?
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threats lurk everywhere (and other Monday amusements)
http://www.sophiadembling.com/2008/06/threats-lurk-everywher...is difficult to spell and equally difficult to look up) but today's is funny. So was today’s Mother Goose and Grimm (that’s June 16, if you’re late to this blog). *** I got a shout out in my friend Tom Swick’s blog today, because a told a sad tale of journalist abuse (in the comments). *** New workout DVD reviews up on Suit Up and Show Up. Checkitout, OK?
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